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The Violin & Its Story: Or the History & Construction of the Violin, 1905
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1PART III.
3THE CHIEF CONSTITUENT PARTS OF THE VIOLIN.
41.—The Strings. Vibration, Flexibility, Weight, Length, Elasticity, Harmonics. Tartini's combination-tones. Conditions of Pitch, Strength, and Quality of Tone. Gut-string manufacture in Italy and Germany. Practical Hints. 2. The Tone-producing body. The conditions under which the tone is strengthened, not only by the vibrations of air, but by the vibrations of the wood itself. Molecular Vibration of Belly and Back. Practical Advice for Selecting the best materials for Belly, Back, and Sides. The divisions of thickness of wood for Belly and Back. Anton Bagatella's Rules. 3. Bass-bar, Sound-post, and Bridge. The gradual perfection of Bass-bar and Bridge. The Neck, the Finger-board, the Nut, the Tailpiece, the Varnish. The Bow and its gradual development, up to the highest form by Tourte. Concluding Remarks.
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